įive black and Latino youths (known as the Central Park Five, later the Exonerated Five) were convicted of assaulting the woman, and served sentences ranging from six to twelve years. The Central Park jogger case (events also referenced as the Central Park Five Case) was a criminal case in the United States over the aggravated assault and rape of a white woman in Manhattan's Central Park on April 19, 1989, occurring at the same time as an unrelated string of other attacks in the park the same night. They also sued New York State, which settled in 2016 for $3.9 million total. The five men sued the city for discrimination and emotional distress the city settled in 2014 for $41 million. Four unsuccessfully appealed their convictions in 1991.Īfter another man was identified as the rapist in 2002, these five convictions were vacated, and the state withdrew all charges against the men. Guilty sentences ranged from 5–10 years for four juveniles, and 5–15 years for a 16-year-old who was classified as an adult because of the violent nature of the crime.įour of the teenagers in the Meili case served 6–7 years in juvenile facilities one, sentenced as an adult, served 13 years. The other five defendants pleaded guilty to assault before trial and received lesser sentences. Four of the five in the Meili case were convicted in 1990 of rape, assault, and other charges one of these was convicted of attempted murder one was convicted on lesser charges but as an adult. Not to be confused with the 2012 film about the case, the 2019 opera based on the case, or When They See Us, a 2019 TV mini-series about the case.įive male teenagers indicted for raping a woman and other charges another was given a plea deal and pleaded guilty to assault four other teenagers were indicted for assault and other charges related to attacks on other persons that night in the park.įive male youths were tried in two trials for the rape and violent assault of Trisha Meili while she was on an evening jog (the 6th made a plea deal in 1991 for a lesser charge and had a lesser sentence).
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